Machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric.



PATENTED APR. 11, 1905.

P. H. JANSON.

MACHINE FOR INSERTING DIAGONAL STRANDS IN WOVEN CANE FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1904.

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No. 787,185. PATENTED APR.11, 1905.

F. H. JANSON. MACHINE FOR INSERTING DIAGONAL STRANDS IN WOVEN CANEFABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18, 1904.

6 SEEETB-SHEET 2.

PATENTED APR. 11, 1905.

F. H. JANSON. MACHINE FOR INSBRTING DIAGONAL STRANDS IN WOVEN CANEFABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-.18, 1904.

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F. H. JANSON.

MACHINE FOR INSERTING DIAGONAL STRANDS IN WOVEN CANE FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1904.

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F. H. JANSON. MACHINE FOR INSBRTING DIAGONAL STRAND$ IN WOVEN CANEFABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1904,

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P. H. JANSON. MACHINE FOR INSERTING DIAGONAL STRANDS IN WOVEN CANEFABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18, 1904 6 SHEETSSHEET G.

UNTTED STATES latented April. 11, 1905.

PATENT UFEicE.

l ltEDElilCli HENRY JANSON, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSlh-XOB TO AMERI-(FAN BATTAN & REED MFG. 00., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR INSERTING DIAGONAL STRANDS IN WOVEN CANE FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,185, dated April11, 1905,

Application filed August 18, 1904. Serial No. 221,228.

onal Strands in \Voven Cane Fabric, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact (10- Y scription.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a comparatively simple andpositive means for depressing the warp-strands and raising the 3weft-strands in woven cane fabric for the passage of a needle carrying adiagonal strand and to accomplish the object by an up-anddown movementof bars carrying guide-pins, which pins have projections for depressingthe warp-strands, and said pins serve in action to hold the woven canefabric in position and to properly separate the weft from the warp whilethe diagonal strands are being inserted and at the same time rectify anyinaccuracies in the weave.

Another purpose of the invention is to construct a machine of thecharacter described which will require but little repairing and in whichthe parts are interchangeable.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as

will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiieatkin,

in which similar characters of reference indi- 1 cate correspondingparts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 isa plan view. Fig.3 is aside elevation. Fig. i is a cross-section taken on the line at iof Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail longitudinal section through a portion ofthe pin-bars. ('1 is a plan view ofone of the pin-bars. Fig. 7 is asectional plan view, the section being taken on the line 7 T of Fig. 9.Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a sectiontaken on the line 9 9 of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a detail cross-sectionthrough the pin-bars, the section being taken on the line 10 it) of Fig.T. Fig. 11 is a detail view of Fig.

l the rear portion of the projecting arm carrying the pin bars, showingthe grip gripping the strand and the strand drawn through the needle.Fig. 12- is a detail view of one of the pins, and Fig. 13 is aperspective view of a modified form of the pin-bar.

A represents a pedestal provided with a broad bed A at the top, and Brepresents an extension-arm projected diagonally from the end frontportion of the said bed A.

B represents a needle adapted to carrying i the diagonal strand, whichneedle is loosely passed through carrier or supporting blocks 10, havingfriction-rollers 11, enabling the said blocks to travel upon the uppersurface of the extension-arm, as is shown in Figs. 1 and The carrier orsupporting blocks consist each of an upper bearing-section through whichthe needle loosely passes and a bodysection on which the frictionrollers are mounted, and these rollers travel directly upon theextension-arms, as is shown in Fig. 1, and are stopped in theirmovementas required by 1 suitable checks common to this construction.These blocks are independent one of the other and are adapted to supportthe needle between its ends when the needle is in its normal po sition,(shown in Fig. 1;) but when the headof the needle is at the other end ofthe machine and in position to receivea diagonal strand the carrier orsupporting blocks 10 are brought 0 close together in the usual or in anyapproved manner, as such blocks are common to other machines of liketype. The heel or rear end of the needle B is secured to a slide 12,having a thumb-piece 13, so that the slide can be 5 moved on theextension arm, and consequently the needle. A stud ii is extended up iward from the said slide, as is shown in Figs. i 1 and 3. i At oneend'the right-hand end of the bed l A a guide-roller 15 is journaled,and an opposing roller 16 is journaled at the opposite i end of the saidbed, and below the guide-roller 15 a drum 1? is detachably mounted inarms 18, extending dowi'iward from the bed and 1 provided with acrank-arm 19 at one end. Below the opposing guide-roller 16 a seconddrum 21 is mounted, which drum is also removably placed in arms 20,extending downward from the said bed, as is shown in Fig. 1, the saiddrum 21 having a crank-handle 22 likewise attached. The drums 17 and21are parallel, and the cane fabric is rolled from one drum onto the otherlongitudinally, crossing the central portion of the bed, and said fabricis likewise passed over a fixed box C, to be hereinafter described, saidbox being a rear continuation of the extension-arm B. Consequently thebox 0 has a diagonal relation to the span of cane fabric crossing thebed, as is evident from the construction shown in Fig. 1.

A bracket 24 is diagonally secured on the forward right-hand portion ofthe base at the inner end of the extension-arm B, and this bracket isprovided near its forward edge with an integral sleeve 25, fixed to thebracket, through which sleeve and above the same a stud 26 is looselypassed. The said stud enters a second and upper sleeve 27, which isfirmly secured to the stud or upright shaft 26 by means of suitable nuts28.

A fixed box C is employed, located diagonally of the bed A and extendingfrom the inner end of the extension-arm to'the opposite side of the bed,and this lower fixed bed C consists of a lower arch-section 29, securedto the bed A, and an upper section 30, both sections being provided witha central longitudinal slot or opening 31, as is shown in Fig. 4. Inopposing sides of the upper section 30 longitudinal parallel grooves 32are produced, and in one side of the slot 31, near the top of the saidsection 30 of the fixed box 0, a longitudinal rib or tongue 33 isproduced. Frictionrollers 34, mounted on a shaft 35, travel in thegrooves 32, and on this shaft 35, nearer one end than the other, anoperating-roller 36 is mounted to turn.

At the rear end of the lower fixed box C a bracket 37 is diagonallylocated, corresponding to the bracket 24, and a sleeve 38, correspondingto the sleeve 25 on the bracket 24, is formed on the bracket 37, but onthe opposite side, and a vertical shaft 39, corresponding to the shaft26, has free movement in this sleeve, but at its upper end is attachedto the sleeve 38 by means of suitable nuts, the attachment being made ina corresponding manner to the attachment of the upper sleeve 27 at thefront right-hand end of the box.

The upper sleeves 27 and 38 support an upper box C, which is parallelwith the lower box G and is adapted for movement to and from the saidlower box. This upper box C consists of a lower or reduced section 40and an upper or enlarged section 41, and the said upper box C is furtherprovided with a slot 0, extending through from end to end, and a furtherattachment of the upper box to the upper sleeves 27 and 38 is madethrough the medium of plates 42.

In opposite sides of the lower section 40 of the upper box 0 opposinggrooves 43 are made in the walls of the slot 0, and larger grooves 43are similarly produced in the upper section 41 of the said upper box 0.per grooves 43 friction-rollers 44 are located, mounted on a shaft 45,which shaft carries an operating-roller 46 between its ends, theoperating-roller being mounted to turn on the shaft- 45.Thisoperating-roller 46 is near one end of the shaft 45, and theoperating-roller 36 in the lower box is near the opposite end of itsshaft 35.

The upper box C is raised and lowered in the following manner: Afoot-treadle 47 is mounted on a shaft 48, which extends into the innerportion of the pedestal A and is there provided with 'a crank extension48, to which a spring 49 is secured, the other end of the spring beingattached to any support within the upper portion of the pedestal. Acrankarm 52 extends from the shaft 48 and in opposite directions to thetreadle 47, and a link 53 is connected to the crank-arm 52, which linkis connected at its upper end to a lever 54, the opposite end of thelever being pivotally attached to the lower end of the shaft 26, whichis connected with the upper fixed box C. At the opposite end of theshaft 48 a second crank-arm 56 is located, and a link 57 is carriedupward from this crank-arm and is pivotally attached to one end of alever 58,and this lever is attached in its turn to the lower end of theother vertical shaft, 39, connected with the said movable box C, as isshown by dotted lines'in Fig. 2.

The upper roller 46 is moved by means of a rod 59, rigidly connectedwith the roller-supports and pivotally connected with the arm 14,extending upward from the needle-slide 12, and the operating-roller 36in the lower box C is connected with a rod 60, (shown by dotted lines inFig. 3,) said rod 60 being secured to a stud 61, which extends down fromthe lower portion of the slide 12. These two rollers 36 and 46 arealways directly one above the other and always occupy a position just inadvance of the eye of the needle, and as the needle is moved ininserting a diagonal strand between the fixed and movable boxes therollers move with the needle.

In connection with the lower fixed box 0 In the upa pin-bar E isremovably located therein, be-

with suitable play in the pin-bars by means of keys 63 entering the saidpin-bars and recesses 64 in the sides of the pins, as is shownparticularly in Fig. 4, The bottom pin-bar E, as is shown in Fig. 6, isprovided with a zigzag lower pins F are engaged by the lower roller 36one after the other, while the pins of the upper pin-bar are engaged bythe upper roller 16 simultaneously, also one after the other. The pinsF, as is shown in detail in Fig. 12, are provided with fingers G,adapted to enter the grooves E' and extend to an opposing opening 62,all of the said fingers extending in the same direction. The upper facesof these fingers are flat and are provided with transverse grooves 66,through which grooves the needle passes, and the combined grooves 66constitute a pathway for the needle. The upper pins are providedlikewise with lingers G, and these lingers extend in a contrarydirection to the lingers G on the lower pins and are adapted to enterthe blank spaces in the groove E of the lower bar. fingers are flat atthe top and at the bottom and at their bottom portions are provided withgrooves 67 to admit of the passage of the needle, the said grooves whenthe two bars are brought together beingin alinement with the grooves 66in the lingers of the lower pins. As the bars are brought together inthe manner which has been described the fingers of the upper pins Fengage with the warp 69, pressing the same downward, while the fingerson the lower pins F engage with the weft and press the same upward, asis shown in Fig. 7, thus making a passage-way for the needle by(,lepressing the warp and raising the weft, which as the needle passesonward is done by the rollers be and 4:6 engaging with the needles oneafter the other, as is shown in Fig.

In Fig. 2) I have illustrated the upper bar as being permitted to dropsufficiently for the pins to pass through the meshes of the material,after which the two bars are brought close enough together to cause thefingers to act on the warp and weft in the manner shown in Fig. 8,wherein one set of lingers are in action and the other set of fingersare about to be brought into action, andthe needle is shown between thetwo sets of fingers. \Vhen the material is to be placed on the pins ofthe lower pin-bar, the upper movable box is carried sufliciently upwardto permit the cane to be readily placed in position on the machine.

The diagonal strands are shown in Fig. 7, and in Fig. 11 one strand isshown in the neodle just being drawn through and in position to be cutat the eye of the needle. This is accomplished by forcing the strandupward against a bearing or table block 71 at the under face of theupper pin-bar by means of a The said upper 1 foot 72 on an angle-lever73. Thus the strand is held fast while the needle makes its fullrearward outward throw, and the strand is out quickly by the eye of theneedle, which may be sharpened for that purpose. The cutting-section ofthe needle is the wall of the eye nearest the point, as is shown at m inFig. 11. The lever 73 is actuated by a connectingrod 7%, having movementin a suitable guide '73" on the extension-arm B and pivotal connectionwith a trip-lever T5, fulcrumed at the outer end portion of theextension-arm, the said lever 75 being provided with acounterbalance-pin 76, which extends above the upper edge of the lever,being pivoted in a suitable chamber produced in said lever 75, as isshown in Fig. 1 and by dotted lines in Fig. 11. The chamber for thecounterbalance-pin 76 is open at the front and closed at the back, sothat the pin is compelled to occupy a stationary position when pushedforward, as shown in Fig. 11. its lower end, however, is free to moveout from the said chamber in said lever '75 when the pin is pushedrearward at the top. The foot 72 of the clamping-lever T3 is normallyheld away from the bearing or table block 71 by aspring 7%, which iscoiled around the rod 71, hearing against the guide 73 and the lever 73,as is shown by Figs. 1 and 11. The upper end of the counterbalance-pinis adapted to be engaged by a linger 77, extending downward from theneedleslide 12. In Fig. 1 the counterbalance-pin T6 and the needle B areshown in their normal positions, or the position from which the neodleis to start to receive a diagonal strand and to draw the strand backthrough the woven cane fabric, and when the parts are in such positionthe linger T7 is at the front of the upper end of the pin 76, and thespring T1 will then hold the clamping-lever T3 in such position as tocarry the foot 72 away from the bearing or table block T1. \Vhen theneedle is started rearward, the finger 77 will simply slide over the pin76, and the pin will immediately restore itself to its upright position.(Shown in Fig. 1.) After the needle has received the diagonal strand andhas been carried forward,thus d rawing said strand through the fabric,as the eye of the needle reaches the outer forward edge of the fabricthe linger 77 on the needle-slide 12 will engage with the rear face ofthe projecting portion of the pin 76 and will attempt to force the saidpin forward, and the said pin being prevented from moving rearward atits lower end will carry the trip-lever 75 to a downwardly andrearwardly inclined position, (shown in Fig. 11,) thus drawing theconnecting-rod 7* forward, which rod carried the clamping-lever 73likewise in a forward direction, bringing the foot of the saidclamping-lever 73 against the under face of the diagonal strand, forcingthe upper face of the diagonal strand to an engagement with the bearingor table block 71.

The diagonal strand is thus held while the needle moves farther forwarda slight distance, or a sufiicient distance to cause the finger 77 toclear the pin 76, and at this extreme forward movement of the needle theeye of the needle will tear or cut itself away from the placed diagonalstrand, and as soon as the finger 77 clears the pin 7 6 the spring 74acts to restore the trip-lever 75 to its normal position and likewisethe clamping-lever 73.

It may be here remarked that there is no necessity of a groove in theunder face of the upper pin-bar, as the fingers on the upper pins justbarely approach such face.

In Fig. 13 I have illustrated a slight modification in the formation ofthe lower pin-bar, wherein the pins are fixed or integral with the barand the fingers are in the form of lugs separated by suitable spaces,and between the pins are openings 82 at the opposite side of the baradapted to receive the upper pins, and recesses 81 are formed to receivethe fingers of the said upper pins. Guards 83 and 8 1 are located ateach side of the said fixed boxes longitudinally thereof and havesliding movement on the said boxes in a vertical direction at the loweredges of the boxes. These guards face one another and are pressed indirection of each other by springs 85. In closing the upper movable box0 upon the lower fixed box C the upper guards are forced upward and thelower guards downward, thus placing the springs under tension, and theseguards then press on the woven material and hold it firmly in place,permitting a perfect action of the pin-bars. Then the two boxes 0 and Gare separated, the springs carry the guards to their normal position,(shown in Fig. 1,) the upper guards serving to strip the cane from theupper pins and the lower guards to remove the cane from the lower pins,so that there is no difiiculty in detaching the cane from the pins inorder to pass out or to receive other diagonal strands.

Having specifically described the operation of the various parts, I willnow give a brief description of the general operation of the machine.The needle B is carried to its normal position, (shown in Fig. 1,) theupper pinbar E is raised by pressing down upon the pedal 4:7, and thewoven cane fabric is carried from the supply-drum of the machine to thetake-up drum and over the lower pin-bar E, the pins F of which lowerpin-bar E are made to pass upward through convenient openings in thewoven cane fabric, as is shown in Fig. 7. The upper pin-bar E is nowpermitted to drop, causing the pins F carried thereby to pass downwardthrough openings in the fabric adjacent to those openings which receivedthe pins of the lower pin-bar, the said parts being then practically inthe position shown in Fig. 8. It will be remembered that the rollers 36and 46, which are adapted, respectively, to simultaneously raise thepins in the lower pin-bar E and press downward the pins in the upperpin-bar E, are in substantially vertical alinement with the eye of theneedle and that these parts are all operated sim ultaneously by themovement of the slide 12 and its stud 14. The parts being as abovedescribed, as the slide is carried rearward, usually by hand, therollers 36 and 4:6 operate in the manner just mentioned upon the pins Fand F as the various pins are reached, causing the fingers of the upperpins F, which engage with the warp, to press the same downward, whilethe fingers of the lower pins F, which engage with the weft-strands,press the same upward, thus making a passage for the needle through thefabric. The needle remains in such passageway until its eye, which haspassed the rear edge of the fabric, is threaded with a diagonal strand.The needle is now carried forward and draws the diagonal strand throughthe passage-way made for it until when the eye of the needle reaches theforward edge of the fabric the slide 12 acts upon the clamping-lever 73,causing the said lever to clamp the diagonal strand close to the eye ofthe needle between itself and the bearing block or table 71, as isillustrated in the drawings by Fig. 11. The slide and needle travelfurther forward, and this movement causes the needle to cut itself awayfrom the diagonal strand, whereupon the action of the slide 12 on theclamping-lever 7 3 ceases and the latter resumes its normal position,being forced to such position by the spring 7 1. The upper pin-bar isnow again raised, the cane fabric is shifted, and the operation iscontinued as has been described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 7 as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a machine for inserting diagonal strandsin woven cane fabric, supports one of which is movable to and from theother, conjointly and oppositely operating sets of pin devices looselymounted in the supports, the pins of one set acting to depress thewarpstrands while the pins of the other set raise the weft-strands, aneedle which carries the strand to be diagonally placed, and means formoving the needle concertedly with the action of the said devices,passing over the depressed warp-strands and under the raisedweft-strands.

2. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabrics,bars, means for moving the bars one toward the other, pins movable inthe bars, adapted to pass through the meshes of the fabric, and fingerscarried by the pins, one set of fingers being adapted to depress thewarp-strands and the other set to raise the weft-strands.

3. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabrics,bars, means for moving the bars one toward the other, pins movable inthe bars, adapted to pass through I I. In a machine for insertingdiagonal strands in woven cane fabric, upper and lower bars, oneadyustable relative to the other, a se- 1 ries of pins carried by eachbar, the pins of one bar being adapted to enter openings in the opposingbar, fingers located on the pins of each bar and inclined in oppositedirections, the fingers of the lower bar having diagonal recesses intheir upper faces and the fingers of the upper bar having similarrecesses in their under faces. a needle arranged to be guided throughthe combined recesses of all of the fingers, and means for depressingthe upper lingers and raising the lower fingers in pairs to depress thewarp-strands and raise the I weft-strands.

5. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric,upper and lower bars, one adjustable relative to the other, a series ofpins carried by each bar, the pins of one 5 bar being adapted to enteropenings in the opposing bar, fingers located on the pins of j boxes.bars removably located in said boxes,

each bar, but inclined in opposite directions,

the lingers of the lower bar having diagonal recesses in their upperfaces, and the fingers of the upper bar having similar recesses in theirunder faces, a needle arranged to be guided through the combinedrecesses of all of the fingers, and means for depressing the upperfingers and raising the lower fingers in pairs to depress thewarp-strands and raise the weft-strands, which means have movementslightly in front of the eye of the needle and movement concertedly withthe needle.

6. In machines for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric, alower bar having a Zigzag groove longitudinally located therein, pins atthe pointed portions of one side of the groove, openings being providedat the points of the groove at the opposite side, slotted fingers earnedby the pins, all

inclined in the same direction and entering corresponding stretches ofthe groove, a mat ing bar having pins to enter the openings in thebottom bar and openings to receive the pins of the lower bar, the upperpins having lingers oppositely inclined to those on the lower bar, beingadapted in action to reach points over the said groove.

T. ln machines for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric, alower bar having a zigzag groove longitudinally located in the samedirection and entering corresponding stretches in the groove, a matingbar having pins to enter the openings in the bottom bar and openings toreceive the pins of the lower bar, the upper pins having fingersoppositely inclined to those on the lower bar and being adapted inaction to reach points over the said groove, all of said fingers havingcorresponding recesses in their verticallyopposing faces, and a needleand means for moving the needle, through said recesses.

In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric, a pin,a support in which the pin has movement, and a linger extending from thepin and having a recess in one of its faces.

9. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric,upper and lower bars, means for moving one of the bars, pins havingmovement in the said bars, a track adjacent to the outer ends of thepins, rollers supported by the said tracks, which rollers are insubstantially vertical alinement and are adapted to engage with theinner ends of the said pins, a needle adapted to pass along the lowerbar between the pins, an actuating device for the needle, and meanscontrolled by said device for simultaneously imparting movement to therollers on their tracks.

i 10. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric,upper and lower pins having movement in said bars, extending out belowthe bottom of the upper bar and above the top of the lower, lingerscarried by the pins, rollers, means for moving said rollers in the saidboxes in engagement with the outer ends of the pins, the rollers beingin substantially vertical alinement, a needle the head of which is justto the rear of the said rollers, a device for operating the needle, andmeans operated by said device for imparting rolling motion to therollers.

11. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven fabric, barsbetween which the fabric is placed, pins sliding in the said bars,adapted to pass through the meshes of the fabric, lingers carried by thesaid pins, the lingers of the upper pins acting to depress the warpstrands and the lingers of the lower pins to elevate the we ft-strands,a needle having guided movement through the lingers, an actuating devicefor the needle, and means for pressing on the outer ends of the pinssimultaneously in pairs, the said means for operating the pins havingconcerted movement with the needle and occupying a position in advanceof the needlepoint.

12. In machines for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabrics,upper andlower bars, one having movement relative to the other,depressing and elevating devices carried by the said bars, guards havingsliding movement on the side faces of the bars where the said devicesare located, and springs bearing against the said guards, the guardsacting to clamp the fabric when the bars are brought together, and asthe bars are separated to strip the fabric from the retaining means.

13. In machines for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric,upper and lower pin-carrying bars, means for carrying one bar indirection of the other, guards having limited movement on the said facesof the bars at their pin-carrying surfaces, springs on the upper barhaving downward pressure on the upper guards, and springs on the lowerbar having upward pressure on the lower guards, the working faces of theguards being normally held, those of the upper bar below the pincarryingfaces and those of the lower bar above the pin-carrying faces.

14. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabrics,bars, means for moving one bar to and from the other, pins movable inthe bars, the movement of the pins being to and from opposing bars, saidbars being apertured to receive opposing pins, offsets from the pins,acting one set to depress warp-strands and the other set to raiseweftstrands, and independent and concertedly operating roller deviceshaving lifting action on one set of pins and depressing action on theother set.

15. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric, asupport, a pin having movement in the support, and an olfset from thepin having a needle-path therein.

16. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabric, acentering-pin adapted to enter an opening in the cane fabric, and anoffset carried by the pin, which offset operates upon a strand of thefabric to raise or to depress the same.

17. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabrics,an upper and a lower bar, means for moving one bar to and from theother, the fixed bar having a needlepath therein, pins movable in thesaid bars, acting at opposite sides of the needle-path, each bar havingrecesses to receive the pins of the opposing bar, offsets from the pins,and devices exerting lifting action on one set of pins and depressingaction upon the other set.

18. In a machine for inserting diagonal strands in woven cane fabrics,an upper and a lower bar, means for moving one bar to and from theother, the fixed bar having a needle path therein, pins movable in thesaid bar, acting at opposite sides of the needle-path, each bar havingrecesses to receive the pins of the opposing bar, offsets from the pins,a needle mounted to travel in said needle-path, and devices which actindependently yet concertedly upon the pins, lifting one set anddepressing the other, said devices being in alinement with the eye ofthe needle, and means for operatively connecting said devices with theneedle.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERIGK HENRY J ANSON

